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Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) • 2015
What'd I Miss
Daveed Diggs
Leslie Odom, Jr.
Okieriete Onaodowan
Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton
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Lyrics of What'd I Miss by Daveed Diggs,Leslie Odom, Jr.,Okieriete Onaodowan,Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton
Seventeen, Se- se- seventeen
Se- se- seventeen
1789
How does the bastard orphan
Immigrant decorated war vet
Unite the colonies through more debt?
Fight the other founding fathers ′til he has to forfeit?
Have it all, lose it all
You ready for more yet?
Treasury Secretary, Washington's the President
Ev′ry American experiment sets a precedent
Not so fast, someone came along to resist him
Pissed him off until we had a two-party system
You haven't met him yet, you haven't had the chance
′Cause he′s been kickin' ass as the ambassador to France
But someone′s gotta keep the American promise
You simply must meet Thomas, Thomas!
Thomas Jefferson's coming home!
Thomas Jefferson′s coming home!
Thomas Jefferson's coming home!
Thomas Jefferson′s coming home!
Thomas Jefferson's coming home
Lord, he's been off in Paris for so long!
Aaa-ooo!
Aaa-ooo!
France is following us to revolution
There is no more status quo
But the sun comes up and the world still spins
(Aaa-ooo!)
I helped Lafayette draft a declaration
Then I said, ′I gotta go
I gotta be in Monticello
Now the work at home begins
(Aaa-ooo!)
So what′d I miss?
What'd I miss?
Virginia, my home sweet home, I wanna give you a kiss
I′ve been in Paris meeting lots of different ladies
I guess I basic'lly missed the late ′80s
I traveled the wide, wide world and came back to this
(Aaa-ooo!)
There's a letter on my desk from the President
Haven′t even put my bags down yet
Sally be a lamb, darlin', won't cha open it?
It says the President′s assembling a cabinet
And that I am to be the Secretary of State, great!
And that I′m already Senate-approved
I just got home and now I'm headed up to New York
(Headin′ to New York!)
(Headin' to New York!)
Lookin′ at the rolling fields
I can't believe that we are free
Ready to face whatever′s awaiting
Me in NYC
But who's waitin' for me when I step in the place?
My friend James Madison, red in the face
He grabs my arm and I respond
"What′s goin′ on?" (Aaa-ooo!)
Thomas, we are engaged in a battle for our nation's very soul
Can you get us out of the mess we′re in?
(Aaa-ooo!)
Hamilton's new financial plan is nothing less than government control
I′ve been fighting for the South alone
Where have you been?
Uh... France
(Aaa-ooo!)
We have to win
What'd I miss? (What, what, what′d I miss?)
What'd I miss? (I've come home to this)
Headfirst into a political abyss!
(Headfirst into the abyss)
I have my first cabinet meeting today (chicka-pow!)
I guess I better think of something to say
I′m already on my way
Let′s get to the bottom of this
(What did I miss?)
(Aaa-ooo!)
Mr. Jefferson, welcome home
Mr. Jefferson? Alexander Hamilton
Mr. Jefferson, welcome home
Mr. Jefferson, welcome home
Sir, you've been off in Paris for so long!
So what did I miss?
Writer(s): Lin-manuel Miranda
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Last edit 8 months ago
Olawale Aremo
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Olawale Aremo
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Ash Joubert
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Ash Joubert
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Fernanda Fontes
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Kaitylen Tyin
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Lillian Ally
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Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
Album • 2015 • 49 tracks
1
Alexander Hamilton
Leslie Odom, Jr., Daveed Diggs, Okieriete Onaodowan, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Phillipa Soo, Christopher Jackson, Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton, Anthony Ramos
2
Aaron Burr, Sir
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odom, Jr., Daveed Diggs, Okieriete Onaodowan, Anthony Ramos
3
My Shot
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Daveed Diggs, Okieriete Onaodowan, Leslie Odom, Jr., Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton, Anthony Ramos
4
The Story of Tonight
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Okieriete Onaodowan, Daveed Diggs, Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton, Anthony Ramos
5
The Schuyler Sisters
Renée Elise Goldsberry, Phillipa Soo, Jasmine Cephas-Jones, Leslie Odom, Jr., Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton
6
Farmer Refuted
Thayne Jasperson, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton
7
You'll Be Back
Jonathan Groff, Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton
8
Right Hand Man
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odom, Jr., Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton
9
A Winter's Ball
Leslie Odom, Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda, Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton
10
Helpless
Phillipa Soo, Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton
11
Satisfied
Lin-Manuel Miranda
12
The Story of Tonight - Reprise
Anthony Ramos, Okieriete Onaodowan, Daveed Diggs, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odom, Jr.
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